The first case of endoscopic submucosal dissection of cecal adenoma in Serbia

Endoscopic submucosal dissection is a therapeutic procedure for the removal of early stage gastrointestinal cancer. In 2006, we performed a colonic ESD in Serbia. ESD had never been performed until then in Serbia, nor do we have a written report, so this article is a document of the first performed procedure of this kind. On the 21st of October 2006, the patient was admitted to the General Hospital MC in Novi Sad for the performance of ESD of the cecal lesion. A flat-elevated type of lesion on the upper lip of ileocecal valve with a size of 8 mm was found on the colonoscopy. The adenoma was removed en bloc and prepared for further histopathological examination. Histopathological examination showed that the tumor was a "flat adenoma" of the colon mucosa with a low grade dysplasia. The procedure lasted for 30 minutes and went without complications. The first case of ESD in Serbia was performed in 2006, only four years after it was developed in Japan. To have more ESD cases in our country a screening program for detection of early cancers is needed as well as education of endoscopists in performing ESD.